Main entry:

Kirsch, Karin.

Title & Author:

The Weissenhofsiedlung : experimental housing built for the Deutscher Werkbund, Stuttgart, 1927 / Karin Kirsch ; drawings from architects' final plans by Gerhard Kirsch.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1989.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Die Wiessenhofsiedlung.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index.
Preface -- I. The climate after World War I. Politics and society ; The cultural situation in Stuttgart ; The Deutscher Werkbund ; The revolutionary groupings of November 1918 : Arbeitsrat für Kunst and Novembergruppe ; Der Zehnerring and Der Ring ; Der Block -- II. The Werkbund Exhibition. The aims of the 1972 exhibition ; The opening ; The International Exhibition of Modern Architecture : designs and models ; Indoor exhibitions : Gewerbehalle and Stadtgartenumgang ; The Weissenhof test lot -- III. The Weissenhofsiedlung. Prologue ; Choice of site and evolution of site layout ; The selection process ; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe : Houses 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud : Houses 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ; Victor Bourgeois : House 10 ; Adolf Gustav Schneck : Houses 11, 12 ; Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret : Houses 13, 14, 15 ; Walter Gropius : Houses 16, 17 ; Ludwig Hilberseimer : House 18 ; Bruno Taut : House 19 ; Hans Poelzig : House 20 ; Richard Döcker : Houses 21, 22 ; Max Taut : Houses 23, 24 ; Adolf Rading : House 25 ; Josef Frank : Houses 26, 27 ; Mart Stam : Houses 28, 29, 30 ; Peter Behrens : Houses 31, 32 ; Hans Scharoun : House 33 -- Appendix A: The Deutscher Werkbund announces the 1927 Stuttgart exhibition, December 1926 -- Appendix B: Mies van der Rohe's undated list of types (Siedlungstypen) -- Appendix C: Mies van der Rohe sums up, 1927 -- Appendix D: Some contemporary reactions -- Chronology -- Biographies -- Glossary of German terms.

ISBN:

0847811077
9780847811076

Subject:

Deutscher Werkbund.
Experimentalsiedlung "Am Weissenhof" Stuttgart
Stuttgart Ausstellung Die Wohnung (1927)
Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung" (1927 : Stuttgart, Germany)
Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung" (1927 : Stuttgart, Allemagne)
Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung"
Ausstellung Die Wohnung 1927 Stuttgart
Architecture, Domestic Germany Stuttgart.
Architecture Germany Stuttgart History 20th century.
Interior decoration History 20th century.
Furniture History 20th century.
Architecture Allemagne Stuttgart 20e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Histoire 20e siècle.
Meubles Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture domestique Allemagne Stuttgart.
Architecture Allemagne Stuttgart Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture, Domestic
Buildings
Furniture
Interior decoration
Stuttgart (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc.
Stuttgart (Allemagne) Constructions.
Germany Stuttgart
Stuttgart Weißenhofsiedlung.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Kirsch, Gerhard.
Deutscher Werkbund.
Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung" (1927 : Stuttgart, Germany)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 150923
Call No.: T917 .K5 1989
Status: Available